QuackorSnack

First Annual Awards 2026

Is Dr. Andrea Love
a Quack or a Snack?

Adam ConoverSnack

Adam Conover

misconception-debunkingscience-communicationcomedy

Comedian and television host who created and hosted Adam Ruins Everything on TruTV (2015-2019). The show addressed common misconceptions across medicine, history, and culture, citing on-screen sources.

Edzard ErnstSnack

Edzard Ernst

alternative-medicinecomplementary-medicineevidence-based-medicine

German-British physician and Emeritus Professor of Complementary Medicine at the University of Exeter, the first academic to hold such a chair. Published over 1,000 peer-reviewed papers evaluating alternative therapies.

Dr. Andrea LoveSnack

Dr. Andrea Love

immunologyvaccinesmicrobiology

Immunologist with a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology who writes about vaccines, infectious disease, and health claims on her ImmunoLogic Substack. Serves as Executive Director of the American Lyme Disease Foundation.

Christiane NorthrupQuack

Christiane Northrup

anti-vaccineOB-GYNDisinformation Dozen

Board-certified OB-GYN and bestselling author on women's health who gained a wide following through television appearances including on The Oprah Winfrey Show. In recent years, she has become an outspoken critic of COVID-19 vaccines and public health mandates. Was named in the Center for Countering Digital Hate's 'Disinformation Dozen' report and her medical board certification has lapsed.

Alie WardSnack

Alie Ward

podcastscience-communicationbiology

Science communicator and host of the Ologies podcast, which interviews specialists across scientific disciplines. Won a Daytime Emmy for her work on CBS's Innovation Nation. Previously wrote for the Los Angeles Times.

How It Works

The community decides who’s a quack and who’s a snack

Quacks are pseudoscientists, noctors, and science deniers whose claims have been documented and debunked. Snacks are the science communicators, educators, and researchers fighting misinformation. You decide who gets the award.

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Awards

Top 16 in each category advance to the December final round.

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